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Great thread idea Ashana.
I have been doing really well lately with patches. They are super simple to list and store. One tip I got from looking at Terminal99 listings is to use flat fee for shipping and charge $1.50 because people will balk at the actual cost of using tracked 1st class. I just make up the difference in the listed price for each patch.
Thanks, Daniel.
Welcome Clint and JF. I am also in Colorado (Arvada) and also an opportunistic buyer. Hope you all have a great weekend, Daniel
My opinion: the problem with inexpensive chisels for fine wood working is that they are not flat backed which makes it nearly impossible to attain and maintain 90 degree angles on mortises and such. (You can make them flat backed with hours of labor per chisel). They also either dull too quickly or are too difficult to sharpen and have brittle edges that can easily chip. Cheap chisels are appropriate for banging around in a tool box and getting used as an everything tool (knife, screwdriver, chisel for a lock set, etc), but little else.
I am a woodworker and lover of hand tools. Without knowing much about P&C, these chisels look like inexpensive contemporary Buck Chisels available at box stores: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Buck-Bros-Professional-Wood-Chisel-Set-3-Piece-40603/100067444
These inexpensive chisel sets are usually priced between $10 and $30Unless you can make the case through research that these chisels are significantly better than similar chisels that are sold by the orange box, you are likely going to find your price capped at around $10 to $20 (including shipping).
The only evidence I could find is looking at Worthpoint and seeing what is reported sold: https://www.worthpoint.com/inventory/search?query=Stockli+Nestal+copper+po
It looks like at least 1/2 of the sales are of recently polished pots. I do not have a membership, so I cannot look at sold prices to compare, but that would probably a reasonable next step. Anyway, I think I will put them up with the current aged patina and see how they do. If I get inspired later, I can put some elbow grease into them and re-photograph. Best wishes, Daniel.
I picked up 3 free ones at a garage sale the other day and have not put them to work yet. Thanks for the reminder.
l_i_r, thanks for your post. I am not familiar with this concept of “new catalogue search”, but it sounds like you report that eBay is shifting its platform from one that allows buyers and sellers of almost anything to one where buyers and sellers will limited to exchanges of items typically found in a department store. Those of us that make a living off of selling vintage pyrex and used shoes will be left out of the new eBay because there will not be a catalogue category for vintage pyrex and used shoes are gross. Is this accurate?
Can you give any examples of things you can no longer sell or no longer find as a buyer? Also, your unique story of two business – one of which feeds free inventory to eBay is intriguing. I for one would love to hear it. Thanks, Daniel
I go to estate sales a lot and I do appreciate that I am walking through the remnants of someones life. I try to be respectful of the person(s) that passed and of the things they have collected and that I am picking through. I think it actually helps me to be respectful, because it forces me not to judge what I am seeing. I try to look through the eyes of the person that collected this or that thing to try to understand what they thought was valuable. I think this makes me pause and look twice at stuff that I could easily pass over. Also makes the picking much more interesting.
I really liked the book. I read it shortly after the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and the two stories had remarkable parallels.
Congrats Ashana. I am also leaving my job (in 7 weeks at the end of June). I have a pretty solid safety net, so our situations may not be exactly the same, but I can really relate to being frightened by moving into a life that is not organized by other’s agenda.
I am retiring from my job and have told everyone that that is what I am doing and they all look at me like I am crazy. No one asks about the money, but they all want to know what will I do???? I think the failure to imagine a life outside of a 40 hour work week is what keeps many people in jobs that they do not grow in.
I have a few rules I expect to follow myself: (1) wear pants every day (or shorts in the summer) – no hanging out in my underwear. (2) exercise everyday (3) no intoxicants (this has been a rule for me for the last 30 years, so no real change there – but important to state that a lot of people who fail on the self-motivation fail in a dance with one of these. (4) take it seriously – but not too seriously (5) have fun.
Of course, I am allowed to break rules 1, 2 and 4 in pursuit of rule 5. My Day 1 homework: Watch “The Shawshank Redemption” in my underwear. Suggest you watch it too, but first imagine that instead of a prison, Andy Dufresne and his pal Red are workers at a crappy job with an awful boss. Like Red, you have to determine whether life on the outside is going to be like Andy’s or Brooks.
Doh! Maybe I just priced them too low and these are routinely in demand.
1 Qt – $21.75 (sold today)
2 Qt – $23.75 (May 6)
3 Qt – took a Best Offer of $20 (sold this morning – I was sleepy)
2 Qt (pre-1968) – $34.25 (May 1)Since May 1, I sold 17 items and 4 of them were Revere Ware. Seemed surprising, but I suspect I priced them a little low. LOL – lessons worth learning are not free.
Looks like this one with a modified face:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=pln106#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}
Thanks for the input. I think this weekend, I will dedicate some listing time to revising old listings. I may try the technique Christine suggests of putting items into a $0.99 + shipping auction to see if I get any bites that way. Best wishes, Daniel.
